Drill.



H. M. SIEIVIANN.

DRILL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. I917- Patented J an. 29,1918.

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DRILL. APPLICATION FILED JUL Y 6.19M.

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HEITR'Y MQRTIWER SEEIVIANN, F ZEQRT LUITON, 691.503.43.300.

Specification of batters Yeats-Jet,

Patenteo Jan, 29, 1918.

Application filed m c, isle. Serial 1*20. Waste,

To all wfwm may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. Samarium, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fort Lupton, in the'county of W eld and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Drills, of which the fOll O'Willg is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in drills,

and has for its object to provide a drill especially adapted for planting beet seed, wherein a floating shoe is provided for smoothing and leveling the ground before the seed are planted, and wherein a covering wheel is arranged behind the shoe for covering the planted seed, and wherein a ralte is arranged behind the shoe for providing a mulch to conserve the moisture in the ground.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspect'r'e VQ-Jrrr the drill 'vided, consisting oi a runner 1 in the form of a plane plate, having its forward upturned and split, as shown at 2, and the said runner has a V-shaped notch 3 at its rear end Just in front of the notch is an upright lug or standard lathe standard being slotted vertically, and in the present instance consisting of an angle plate, one portionlieing secured to the runner and the other standing upright,

Just behind the notch and secured to the rear end of the runner is a bar 5, thesaid bar side'of the notch 3, and the bar is curved, as

shown, to cover the seed as they are delivl from the shoe, to be later described.

slice, as shown 6, consists of a u ular nrunber' thaving a forward upa perspective View of one of the wardly curved extension 7 at its lower end. This extension is received between the split ends of the upturned portion 2 of the runner and is secured thereto by a bolt and nut 8 is a position such that the open bottom of the tubular member 6 will be above the notch it will be noticed that the tubular rhenn vber is notched at its lower end, as indicated at 8, and at the sides of the front notch the runner is extended, as indicated at 9 to form a species of plow for opening a furrow to receive the seed.

A bolt 10 is passed through the opening in. the curved portion 7 of the shoe and through the slot in the standard 1-, and the said bolt is engaged by-a nut 11 to adjustably connect the shoe to the runner. At its rear the runner has a hook 12 intermediate its ends,

and a perforated lug or car 13 at its top.

A covering wheel 14- is arranged in rear of the shoe and runner, the said wheel being journaled on an axle 15 supported by a pair of approximately parallel bars 16. These bars extend slightly in rear of the wheel and just beyond the shoe in front of the wheel, and they are connected by a bolt 1? in front of the wheel over 12 engages.

The frontends of the bars and the front end of the curved portion 7 of the shoe are which the hook connected with the supporting framework of the drill in a manner to be presently described, and a rake 17 is supported behind the covering wheel. Each of these rakes, which comprises an an le plate having teeth connected to one o the portions thereof, has.

secured to the center thereof one end of a handle or bar 18. bent in opposite directions, as indicated at 19 and 20, respectively, one of the said ends 19 being secured to the rake and the end 20 has an extension 21 which is adapted to em gage beneath the axle of the supporting framework of the drill when the drilling unit is in place, for a purpose to be later described. The portion 18 of the handle is pivoted to an upstandin plate 22 on one of v the bars 16, the said p ate being near the front of the wheel, and at the rear of the wheel there is a vertically slotted guide 23 This handle has its endsof ho of n "msvcrsciy of which iouinalccl i on which arcinonntcd Whccls it 28 is support 6 by the ironic 1c in rear of the axle, and c scco box 29 is connected to the tongue by brackets seeding units we connected in, l {ends to hmciws 31 cicpcncin "ii-nine, th oivotsii connection being iho 18 and 4 Z0 arms of e? nccts each hc shoes lcvci' J lowermg uniixs. Le raised, nsicn 2i. of each rake en-- ggcg'cs 5311c axle thus Ira-i5 l'a c, ndicatcii in iincs i seccic arc rniscr incchmiism in we ho" 9,9 is V of .1 1. clutch 88 this ciuicn i by an n Silifi) i0 3" 3 4A) 0 if n axle.

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fining each unit compii g :1, runner in tho ioi'zn a having" i'cs front end n pturnccl anol having a V-shzzpcdl notch m; its rear nd, a, shoe (lclivci'ing at the ncicl'i and nti ns'cnhly connected to the runner whcci in rear oi the shoe, :1 pair of oans ctween which the Wheel is journnlecl, the shoe having an arm extending forwardly between the from ends of the bars, said bars and Min bcing pivotcci to frame, the shoe having ho the bars, and n who supme when? by the bars, a hento mine at one end and pivo occl to the hates it the other, nnol means connected to the shoes for lifting the snmo, each hnnc c having an extension engaging" hcnc; i a ale to lifi'; the who when the pr in amlc supporting thc franc c J on tho axle, n sci'lcs o1: lnniing REBELS? e ch comprising a runner,

shoe, a covering Whc-cl, and n who in"- zing'col in order named from from to the i oni". ends of the snici unizs being pivoted to no frame, means for lifting tho i-cni" end means in connection with each.

who in? engaging tho axle to lift the who when "1 unit is hf'icol.

ends *chc hnncllc, tho forward. and iho inn-21in engaging; beneath LLMEHG we units are lifted to lift cc the character spccifiel coin Wl'acei supported; frame, and n cccici." unios supported Toy the finmn V he units being" pivoted to "ihc frame, anci means for lifting the rear ends the units, each unit compi isin;n i-nnn a shoe, a covering wheel and 9, who, ed in the order named from from so 6h n chciil of the character specificdl, n

i seeder nnic comprising}: :i runner a shoe connectgd 16 the runner, the runner havingfront-of thefshoe's,'each platghaving hover. V covering'zirm 1n rear of the shoe, a covenng' mg means, a -C0H lpiCt1I1gI-Wh%15-&;lld a rake nam d from front "to rear.

Wheel, and ayrak arranged -in'the order behind said WhQGL I "'3'. 111' a drill ofthe d ameter specified; Witnesses}.

'segdingfnnits comprisingdropping sh0es,' F. BOLTON,- runner plates for sma'othlng "the-path m .ifimmm 

